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Ecosystems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What would increase the population shown in this picture?

a)

Two birds flying by the deer making a loud noise

b)

A fish swimming by the deer as it is drinking water

c)

Another deer coming to drink water in the same river

d)

The wind blowing and the deer breathing in air

2.

All the plants and animals in an ecosystem make up a-

a)

environment

b)

family

c)

community

d)

population

3.

A woman saw a flock of geese fly over her house. What best describes what she saw?

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Habitat

d)

Ecosystem

4.

All living and nonliving things in a habitat

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Habitat

d)

Ecosystem

5.

All of the populations living together.

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Habitat

d)

Ecosystem

6.

All of the same organisms living together in a habitat.

a)

ecosystem

b)

community

c)

population

d)

habitat

7.

animals that have a backbone are called

a)

invertebrates

b)

vertebrates

8.

animals that DO NOT have a backbone are called

a)

invertebrates

b)

vertebrates

9.

a grasshopper is an example of a(n)

a)

invertebrateq

b)

vertebrate

10.

a snake is an example of a(n)

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

11.

an animal that only eats meat

a)

carnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

omnivore

d)

decomposer

12.

an animal that only eats plants

a)

carnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

omnivore

d)

producer

13.

Eats food that it makes on their own using the sun, water, and nutrients.

a)

carnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

omnivore

d)

producer

14.

What is this a picture of?

a)

Food Chain

b)

Food Web

c)

Food Picture

d)

Arrows

15.

A fungus is found growing on dead leaves in the forest floor. The fungus is an example of a-

a)

decomposer

b)

carnivore

c)

predator

d)

producer

16.

Which of these represents a correct flow of energy based on the food web shown?

a)

loggerhead turtle-->horseshoe crab--> razor clam

b)

horseshoe crab--> loggerhead turtle--> sanderling

c)

Diamondback Terrain--> Razor Clam--> Plankton

d)

Razor Clam--> Horseshoe crab--> Sanderling

17.

Which of the animals is a vertebrate?

a)

snail

b)

snake

c)

butterfly

d)

ladybug

18.

Which pair of organisms needs to switch places for the ocean food chain to be correct?

a)

phytoplankton and fish

b)

animal-like plankton and fish

c)

white shark and phytoplankton

d)

white shark and animal-like plankton

19.

which of these is a behavioral adaption?

a)

a cow that has flat teeth

b)

a squirrel that has buried acorns

c)

a fish that has scales

d)

an owl that has soft feathers

20.

In order for energy to flow through this food web from the sun to the yellow perch, the perch must-

a)

eat pond grass and algae

b)

eat the valve snail or the mosquito larva

c)

live in warmer areas of its habitat

d)

go through the process of photosynthesis